Perdido, Alabama

Perdido, also known as Perdido Station, is an unincorporated community in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. Perdido is located along County Route 61, 12.2 miles (19.6 km) northeast of Bay Minette.[4] Perdido has a post office with ZIP code 36562.[5] It has an elementary school, Perdido School, which is part of the Baldwin County Board of Education.

Perdido, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Location of Perdido in Baldwin County, Alabama.
Perdido, Alabama
Location of Perdido in Baldwin County, Alabama.
Perdido, Alabama
Perdido, Alabama (the United States)
Coordinates: 31°00′28″N 87°37′38″W
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyBaldwin
Area
 • Total11.17 sq mi (28.92 km2)
 • Land11.14 sq mi (28.85 km2)
 • Water0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2)
Elevation
220 ft (70 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total221
 • Estimate 
(2016)[2]
N/A
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
36562
Area code(s)251
GNIS feature ID152869[3]

Notable People

Aimee Hall, Cast Member on MTV show, "Floribama Shore".

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

History

Perdido is named after the Perdido River.[7] A post office operated under the name Perdido Station from 1871 to 1923, and under the name Perdido from 1923 to the present.[8]

Cultural References

Perdido is the setting of author and screenwriter Michael McDowell's Blackwater Series, first published in 1983.

References
  1. "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Jul 17, 2017.
  2. "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  3. "Perdido". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  4. Baldwin County, Alabama General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Alabama Department of Transportation. 2003. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
  5. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  6. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  7. Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 108. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  8. "Baldwin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 7 January 2016.


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